I have no interest in trying the list's patience by drawing this out further, but I did want to supply one further piece of information.
Steven Zenith raises the question about the "transparency" of the Digital Universe (i.e., if I understand it correctly, whether we will require the use of real names and identities). In fact, we have been projecting for over a year that real names and identities *will* be required. They already are required for all work done by those building the Encyclopedia of Earth and the Earth Portal. In a forthcoming monograph about the DU, I have argued at some length that this policy is indeed advisable. I won't bore you with the arguments here, since I assume we're rather off-topic from Peirce, but suffice it to say that I have long thought that some of Wikipedia's problems can be laid down to the fact that many participants do not take responsibility for their own work by connecting it to their real-world identities. Moreover, we will of course (and already do) have contributor biographies that will help develop a sort of reputation system. Steven, if you have further questions, I'd appreciate it if you'd simply ask rather than making uncharitable assumptions about a project on which I've been working hard for over a year. --Larry Sanger --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber archive@mail-archive.com
